<div class="gmail_quote"><div>Thanks guys. 23 ft lbs it is.</div><div><br></div><div>___</div><div>Tom Grabowski</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 3:36 PM, Tom Grabowski via Stagecraft<br class="gmail_msg">
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> about the 4 bolts that hold the clamp shells together. Is there any<br class="gmail_msg">
> kind of specifications as to how tight the nylock nuts should be?<br class="gmail_msg">
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To my knowledge, you set your torque wrench guided by the bolt size,<br class="gmail_msg">
not the nut. Whether or not it's a Nylock nut is irrelevent to torque<br class="gmail_msg">
settings; that just generally means you should not use a Nylock nut<br class="gmail_msg">
more than once.<br class="gmail_msg">
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e.g. for Grade 5, 3/8"-16 (course) threaded nuts and bolts, you're<br class="gmail_msg">
torquing to ~23 ft-lbs. whether it's a Nylock nut or not.<br class="gmail_msg">
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Dave Vick<br class="gmail_msg"></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br class="gmail_msg">
The answer to your question is determined by the hex bolt, not the nylock hex nut. If they got the grid loc clamps from me the bolts are 3/8? ? grade 5. The torque setting is 23 ft lbs.<br class="gmail_msg">
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Zat help?<br class="gmail_msg">
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Bill<br class="gmail_msg">
<br class="gmail_msg"><br></blockquote></div><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sent from Gmail Mobile -- Tom Grabowski</div>